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How Will Checkpoint Screening Continue to Evolve?

by Jeff Price | Jan 30, 2018 | Commercial Aviation Airport Security

We have all heard the reports of checkpoint screening led by the TSA failing at rates as high as 90%. During the AAAE/TSA/DHS Annual Aviation Security Summit in Washington DC in December 2017, industry professionals continued to debate methodology to improve our...

Will A Threat to Commercial Aviation Continue?

by Jeff Price | Jan 26, 2018 | Commercial Aviation Airport Security

The quick answer to the question of whether the threat to commercial aviation will continue is yes. At the AAAE/TSA/DHS Annual Aviation Security Summit in Washington DC in December 2017, Kevin K. McAleenan, Acting Commissioner, CBP, stated that commercial aviation...

Avsec 2018: What Should We Expect

by Jeff Price | Jan 3, 2018 | Commercial Aviation Airport Security

Columbine, Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook, Ft. Lauderdale, San Bernardino, LAX, the Boston Marathon, Dallas, Las Vegas, Orlando – what used to be a list of US cities, schools and events, have become names synonymous with tragedy. And that’s not even an entire list. Let us...

Miami security incident shows the system worked, in this case

by Jeff Price | Nov 8, 2017 | Commercial Aviation Airport Security

The recent security incident at Miami International Airport begs the question whether this a failure or a success of airport security? From an airport security perspective this is a success because the individual was not able to either access an aircraft to place a...

Jeff Price, Aviation Security Specialist, Security for Airport Public Areas Not In Use

by Jeff Price | Oct 27, 2017 | Commercial Aviation Airport Security

Two new rollouts for TSA this week.

by Jeff Price | Jun 16, 2017 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Passenger and Baggage Screening

By Jeffrey C. Price   TSA and the airlines have rolled out several new programs this week. First is the deployment of biometrics for boarding aircraft and at the screening checkpoints. Second is the deployment of CT machines into the screening checkpoint. What...
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Beyond the Checkpoint: Shifting the Risk in TSA’s New Gold+ Initiative

by Jeff Price | June 1, 2026 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs, The Role of Government | 0 Comments

The Transportation Security Administration is moving forward with its new "TSA Gold+" program, an operational shift...
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A year later, the bill proposing to abolish the TSA is sitting in committee taking a very long nap. This is the way Congress quietly disposes of ideas it doesn’t want to touch (S.1180 – Abolish TSA Act of 2025 has been in the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation since March 27). The bill raises an important question: if the TSA were dismantled, what would replace it? The blog article below, written last year, still offers some useful perspective as you consider your own position on the issue.

https://leadingedgestrategies.com/the-unseen-shield-what-we-lose-if-we-dismantle-the-tsa/

#TSA #airportsecurity

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